About Carpendale

Carpendale is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 965 people and just one neighborhood, Carpendale is the 168th largest community in West Virginia.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Carpendale is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.0% of the Carpendale workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Carpendale is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Carpendale who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.00%), sales jobs (11.59%), and food service (8.41%).

Carpendale is a very car-oriented town. 98.61% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Carpendale is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Carpendale has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Carpendale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Carpendale Information and Demographics

In Carpendale, just 7.99% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Carpendale in 2000 was $15,588, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $62,352 for a family of four.

The people who call Carpendale home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Carpendale is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Carpendale include German, English, Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Carpendale is English.